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<\/a><\/p>\nThe next day, everyone showed up at the Tim Horton\u2019s in time for the 0500hr Start. Liz Overduin volunteered to support the Randonneurs throughout the 600 and delivered baggage to controls where plans were made to stop and sleep.<\/p>\n
John Maccio lead us on a great pace for the\u00a0first 5 km.\u00a0\u00a0About 60 km from the start, a farm house with a straw roof was seen!<\/p>\n
Everyone arrived at the Control, Sandy\u2019s Family Restaurant in Mildmay, within 30 mins of the opening time! The majority of us enjoyed breakfast, a coffee or two, then headed out.<\/p>\n Now, if you\u00a0check out the profile for this 600, you\u2019ll easily see that 90% of hill climbing happens in the first 300 km. OUCH!!<\/p>\n Arriving at the Second Control, the Bicycle Cafe, Flesherton, Ontario, one of our Randonneurs mentioned how tough the climbing had been. Having done this Brevet before, Chappy knew the worst was yet to come and didn\u2019t say boo! Everyone enjoyed an incredible lunch before heading out.<\/p>\n Chris\u00a0Cossonnet, Sergii\u00a0Tsymbal and Jim Raddatz out in front of the Bicycle Cafe.<\/p>\n The second major climb happened\u00a0at Blue Mountain\u2019s Scenic Caves Road, 216 km into the Brevet. All we could say was … Who\u2019s Your Daddy!<\/p>\n Once at the top, the majority of our climbing was complete. On route, the Randonneurs went through Meaford and Owen Sound towards the two sleeping controls, Waterview Inn on the Bay (Wiarton) and\u00a0the Lion\u2019s Head Inn, Lion\u2019s Head.\u00a0Since the Lion\u2019s Head Inn was not open or available, control cards were signed and a half dozen Randonneurs headed to\u00a0the Fitz Hostel in Lion\u2019s Head to use as their sleeping location.<\/p>\n Day 2 had Randonneurs who rested in Lion\u2019s Head, doing 227km to the Finish. Sergii\u00a0Tsymbal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0decided not to stop at the Fitz Hostel, continued throughout the night, grabbing short naps to the finish. John Maccio and\u00a0Matthew McFarlane had planned on crashing in Wiarton at the Waterview on the Bay Resort (control) but John simply called it a day in Meaford which left Matthew on his own. Being Matthew\u2019s first 600 attempt, the Randonneurs Chappy was with, were all concerned, but simply said\u00a0\u201cWelcome to Randonneuring Matthew!\u201d Chappy suggested to Matthew that he make it to the Fitz Hostel in Lion\u2019s Head by 0600hrs Sunday morning, to join his group. Now\u00a0pedalling from Owen Sound along the Bay to Wiarton, then along the Bay to Lion\u2019s head,\u00a0FOG was everywhere making the Rear lighting on everyone\u2019s bike IMPORTANT! It was perfect seeing that everyone had 2-4 rear lights ON!<\/p>\n At 0545hrs Sunday morning, Chappy\u2019s group of six were getting ready to head out for the last 227 km to the finish and wondering if Matt was going to make it on time. Chappy was one of the first Randonneurs that got up early\u00a0\u2026 but trying to get down from his top bunk\u00a0\u2026 had a hamstring leg cramp\u00a0\u2026 bit his tongue\u00a0trying not to wake anyone else up\u00a0\u2026 sorry Gents!<\/p>\n Once everyone was up and ready to go, they looked down the street and\u00a0there he was\u00a0\u2026\u00a0 Matthew pedalling towards us! We all laughed and congratulated Matt on his accomplishment!! We asked what time he made it to the Waterview on the Bay Resort, the Wiarton Control where John and himself had planned on\u00a0getting a few hours sleep. \u00a0 He let us know how he was exhausted and found a cheap $50 hotel in Owen Sound, stayed there for 1 hr\u00a0before getting back on his bike, made it to the Wiarton Control on time and then the Lion\u2019s Head Control on time. AWESOME PERFORMANCE MATT!<\/p>\n Leaving\u00a0Lion\u2019s Head had Great Scenery along the way to Sauble Beach. A few Randonneurs mentioned how much they loved the gravel roads, fortunately no rain had\u00a0happened!<\/p>\n Don Williams would lose everyone on climbs\u00a0\u2026 large or small\u00a0\u2026 then catch up and pass on flats. Fellow Randonneurs kept\u00a0asking Chappy how he could accomplish this. With only a few hours sleep, Chappy let them know Don and his wife have two Mountain Climbing Training\u00a0Centres downtown TO and were mountain climbers themselves, then suggested Don must thinks his hands will help on the climbs! Don sent us a great picture of the Southampton Lighthouse.<\/p>\n From Sauble Beach to Kincardine, road conditions were perfect.\u00a0Unfortunately, it started to pour RAIN! Check out Matthew\u2019s picture.<\/p>\n Misty\u00a0to say the least!<\/p>\n The next control was in Kincardine,\u00a0Ken Jobba had been riding with Chappy’s group since the start and let Chappy know he was hypothermic and had to take off to warm up.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Chappy\u2019s Randonneurs decided to have a 20 min break at the Bruce Steak House, Kincardine after having their control cards\u00a0signed at the Tim Horton\u2019s. Well, that 20 min break turned out to be just over an hour!<\/p>\n The McFarlane Family, John Maccio and Liz\u00a0Overduin met the group there. From left to\u00a0right, Chappy, Matthew, his wife and daughters, Liz Overduin, Don Williams, Terry Payne, Chris Cossonnet and John Maccio.<\/p>\n Inside the Steak House and looking out,\u00a0our group noticed\u00a0the clouds starting to disappear! Once on the bikes and heading towards the FINISH… approximately 75 km away\u00a0\u2026 SUNSHINE! Temperature 26 deg C!<\/p>\n Jim Raddatz was one of the first finishers and let Chappy know that he had stopped with 20 km to go to take off his rain jacket, Ken Jobba briefly stopped to see if he was OK. When Jim looked up Ken was a speck on the horizon. Wow was he flying! The next day Jim\u2019s e-mail let Chappy know he could barely walk!<\/p>\n Just to let you know Jim\u00a0\u2026\u00a0neither could any of us!<\/p>\n Matthew\u2019s Family was as excited as everyone else on the finish!<\/p>\n Liz Overduin\u2026 Awesome Support! You\u2019re a Great Organizer!<\/p>\n John Maccio \u2026 You\u2019re First Class! Thanks for taking\u00a0the time to see how your fellow Randonneurs were doing!<\/p>\n Additional photos from Ken Jobba:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ride report from Carey Chappelle: Sorry for the delay in sending the ride report for Huron Chapter\u2019s Brouse\u2019s Beach Brouser 600km Event that was held Saturday, June 23 this year. 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